This is a thread for recommending holidays

We've got a week booked off in September ... we've pondered Helsinki, Aarhus, north Norfolk (UK), Cornwall, the Black Forest and others. Actually, our flexibility is almost problematic.

We're being crap and indecisive. Do suggest holidays with as much detail as you like (places to stay, itineraries and so on) ...

I'm fond of Halloween, myself.

Are you going with children? What kind of activities are you interested in?

I've always wanted to visit Croatia but have no tips. Prague is good (if you avoid the stag nights). If you're looking in the UK I love Whitby.

If you're after places with weird things to visit/look at, try plugging some places or keywords into Atlas Obscura and see what you find.

We've been staying in the UK a lot recently - Cornwall, Northumberland and, particularly, Norfolk. Two of us, no children. Like the sea. Like a walk, alcohol, a log fire. Love Iceland and Norway but possibly a bit too skint, at the moment. We almost booked a holiday to the Norwegian fjords but the flights are freakishly expensive for the weekends we want to go and come back.

France is pretty chill right now since tourists are chickening out. Maybe there are good deals?

We spent last week in the northeast, in the Verdun area, where you can walk through trenches and tunnels from the First World War still. The landscape's lovely, lots of good walks, and you can cross into Belgium, Luxembourg and Germany for quick jaunts.

This thread seems kind of Europe-centric, but I was surprised by how much I liked Miami beach, and there were a fair number of Europeans at our hotel.

West of Scotland maybe? Glasgow for a couple of nights, onto Oban, ferry to Mull, visit to Iona. Sea, walks, log fire, alcohol wouldn't be hard to come by.

Transylvania is good for walking and has some lovely scenery. Unlikely to be hugely cold in September though. Maybe the High Tatras in Poland - Zakopanie or somewhere. Both cheap. A little further afield Armenia is inexpensive, has lots of lovely mountains and interesting history, though no impressive bodies of water.

Scotland sounds a good bet.

Seville is the best place in the world iirc

anyone been to trieste?

james joyce iirc

Seville is great. I agree.

I want to go somewhere to write for a week, prob want good weather, maybe the chance to swim, an atmosphere of some kind, and some mixture of privacy plus access to good food and a bar or two.

I have ideas based on places I've been before (Spain, Portugal fairly extensively, south of France) but I would welcome any suggestions for somewhere I haven't.

Is Arundel worth a weekend away?

lake garda

djh, any particular spots in Norfolk you'd recommend - also on the sea/walk/booze/logfire end of things

fell in love with Lisbon this winter - thinking of going back in October, but also feel like trying Porto, maybe Seville (escape from Danish darkness)

Seville is brilliant. Tho I love Spain generally, I've been there more than anywhere else and each city has its charms. Considering going to Ronda next month.

Also lovely, laid back, good food

Off to lisbon in october

For UK, I've just come back from Whitby and I concur with the keyboardist from Slum of Legs above. Lots to do, (Cindertrack, beaches, Cleveland Way, Ghost walks, spooky abbeys, Sam Smiths pubs, rail trails, boating on little rivers etc)

Had been considering a trip to Granada, but Seville recommendations are swaying me. Anyone got any opinions on the former?

It's more like a day-trip imo - not saying you'd have a bad time there but Seville is a lot more buzzing. I was there on a Monday night and the city was alive with people eating and drinking outside.

i don't think you can go far wrong with any of the cities in andalucia tho - i've been around there a bit and i liked them all in their own ways, there's distinct identity wherever you go.

Seville is hard to fault, but Granada is quieter (in a good way) if still fairly touristy. I'd say Granada's worth an overnight stay as walking and getting lost (and eating an drinking) around the old town at night is super fun.

Chuck_Tatum,

We've really enjoyed here:

http://www.norfolkhideaways.co.uk/our-cottages/our-cottages/276-knot-cottage

and here:

https://www.norfolkcottages.co.uk/north-norfolk-coast-cottages/stiffkey/1554-bridge-cottage?utm_source=shortlist&utm_medium=email

Both a short walk to the coast path.

The former village has two pubs, the latter has Stiffkey Stores and a pub. We make a log burner essential when doing a search for somewhere to stay in Norfolk. Cley is nice, too. Holt is worth a visit, particularly if you like places like: old-town.co.uk/

We've stayed here (no log burner) but it was strangely claustrophobic/exposed and people seemed to think it was okay to knock on the door and ask if it was a holiday let. And I prefer the landscape further west:

https://www.norfolkcottages.co.uk/north-norfolk-coast-cottages/sheringham/1540-wee-retreat

That's great. Really like the look of the Stiffkey one - will investigate further. Thanks!

Has anyone got any recommendations for Siberia? Tomsk looks pretty manageable as a three or four day trip from Moscow.